Legal Opinion
In Re Donald Pearson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 16, 1993No. 92-2158PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus which, if granted, will halt the district court’s nascent efforts to probe the continuing need for, or the possible modification of, consent decrees affecting the operation of a state institution, the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons (the Treatment Center). Because petitioners cannot satisfy the strict prerequisites for extraordinary relief by way of mandamus, we dismiss the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has been involved with the Treatment Center…
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